Rockhold was clearly the more athletic fighter from the outset,
throwing flashy kicks before stunning his foe with a right hand
late in the first round. The champion didn’t let up, attacking “The
Dean of Mean” with a flurry of punches as Jardine attempted to
recover against the cage before the contest was stopped at the 4:26
mark.

While Rockhold’s reign appears to be just beginning, it was a
return to form for knockout artist Robbie
Lawler. The hard hitting Illinois resident rocked Adlan
Amagov with a flying knee in the first round of their
middleweight bout before finishing his opponent with punches on the
ground. Muhammed
Lawal and Tyron
Woodley also scored key victories to set themselves up for
potential title shots in their respective divisions. Here’s a by
the numbers look at Saturday's Strikeforce card, with statistic
provided courtesy of FightMetric.com.

20: Significant strikes by which
Rockhold outlanded Jardine. The
American Kickboxing Academy representative also scored two
knockdowns before Herb Dean
stopped the fight in the first round.

1,036: Days since Jardine held a
striking advantage against an opponent on a UFC or Strikeforce
card. At UFC 96 in 2009, “The Dean of Mean” landed 64 power strikes
to Quinton
“Rampage” Jackson’s 56 in a unanimous decision loss.

8: First-round finishes in nine career
fights for Rockhold, who stopped Jardine at the 4:26 mark of round
one. The only time Rockhold has gone past the opening frame
occurred last September, when he captured the middleweight title in
a five-round victory over Ronaldo
“Jacare” Souza.

2: Strikeforce
champions on the promotion’s last two cards who have declared their
desire to face talent from the UFC in the near future. After
beating Jorge
Masvidal on Dec. 17, lightweight champion Gilbert
Melendez expressed an interest in facing opponents from the Las
Vegas-based organization, and Rockhold followed suit after beating
Jardine on Saturday night.

3: Vacant Strikeforce titles, not
including heavyweight, after UFC President Dana White said on
Friday that women’s 145-pound champion Cristiane
“Cyborg” Santos would be stripped of the belt due to a failed
steroid test. The light heavyweight and welterweight divisions also
lack champions.

.842: Percentage of Robbie Lawler’s
career wins that have come by way of knockout or technical
knockout. The 29-year-old middleweight needed just 1:48 to dispatch
Adlan Amagov with a flying knee on Saturday.

2: Takedowns by Amagov against Lawler,
the first time “Ruthless” has been taken down in victory in his
Strikeforce career.

5: Documented victories for Lawler on
FightMetric.com in which he has landed less than 10 significant
strikes, after connecting six times in his win over Amagov. Similar
efforts came in victories against Tiki Ghosn (five
strikes landed), Joey
Villasenor (three), Melvin
Manhoef (three) and Matt
Lindland (eight).

36: Significant strikes by which
Muhammed Lawal outlanded Lorenz Larkin in their light heavyweight
bout. The former Strikeforce title holder connected on 67 percent
of his power strikes en route to a second-round stoppage.

.701: Total striking accuracy for
Tyron
Woodley in his split-decision triumph over Jordan Mein.
The St. Louis native connected on no less than 26 strikes in each
round while smothering his 21-year-old foe with dominant top
control.

4: Decision victories in his last five
appearances for Woodley. The
American Top Team Evolution representative began his career
with five straight finishes, all by submission.

114: Total strikes by which Tarec
Saffiedine outlanded Tyler
Stinson over the second and third rounds of their 170-pound
tussle. The Belgian took Stinson to the ground in both frames,
where he landed the majority of his punches. Stinson outlanded
Saffiedine 19 to 18 in round one.

6: Takedowns landed by James Terry
in his contentious split-decision loss to Nah-Shon
Burrell. The Cung Le protégé
took down Burrell three times in the first round and twice in the
second, while landing 16 significant strikes to his opponent’s 18
over that same period of time.

23: Power strikes by which Burrell
outlanded Terry in the third frame of their welterweight affair.
Terry connected on just five of his 36 significant strikes thrown
in the final stanza.

7: First-round finishes in nine career
victories for Gian
Villante. The former Hofstra University football player stopped
Trevor
Smith with punches at the 1:05 mark in the first round of their
light heavyweight scrap.

64: Significant strikes by which
Estevan
Payan outlanded Alonzo
Martinez in taking a unanimous decision in their 160-pound
catch-weight bout.